Local Roundup form Thursday Jan. 10

LA PLATA, Mo. – Coming off their first loss to Atlanta in seven years the La Plata Bulldogs took on Marion County Thursday night.

With six seconds to go Marion inbounded the ball and brought it into the frontcourt trailing by two. The MC ballhandler beat his defender causing LP to have to help. Well, they helped off the wrong man as Marion hit an open three as time expired to win 50-49.

“Turnovers killed us,” said La Plata head coach Kyle Fleshman.

The Bulldogs had 22 turnovers just in the first and fourth quarters, including four in the last minute.

Tanner Riggins did his part as he posted a double-double with 18 and 11. Matt Safley added 13.

LP will travel to Meadville tonight.

Trenton 66, Putnam 64: BETHANY, Mo. – The Midgets came up just short in their semifinal matchup in the South Harrison Tournament.

Trey Ream led PC with 19, Deion Hunt had 16 and Corey Lewis added 13 as Putnam had a balanced attack as always.

The difference, according to Putnam coach Jamie Tipton was free throws. PC was only 8- for -15. Also the inability to cover Trenton’s three-point shooters.

The Midgets will now play Saturday in the third place game at 4:30 p.m.

Atlanta 58, BMC 54: ATLANTA, Mo. – The Hornets were able to build off their historic win at La Plata on Tuesday as they moved to 5-9, and improved their conference record to a nice 4-1.

Collan Thrasher led Atlanta again as he scored 14, Lance Weber added 12 and two other Hornets had nine.

Atlanta went into the final eight minutes trailing by two, but outscored BMC by six in what was never more than a two-possession game for the whole 32 minutes.

The Hornets will look to make it three straight as they travel to Higbee tonight.

Milan 50, Novinger 46: MILAN, Mo. – The host Wildcats were able to eliminate the Novinger Wildcats from the Milan Tournament with a hard fought four-point win.

Novinger was unable to keep pace after the first quarter, just gradually failing further behind, a likely byproduct of only having five players.

Justin Klingsmith put forth his best effort scoring 21, all but five of those coming in the second half.

As for the other Wildcats, Milan was led by the dynamic duo of Tristan Fowler and Holden Stallbaumer, who had 14 and 13 respectively.

Milan will now move on to the fifth place game against Grundy County tonight at 6:30 p.m.

Girls basketball

LA PLATA, Mo. – Coming off a loss that head coach Steve Lightle said they “got slapped in the mouth” La Plata had the task of taking on the Marion County Mustangs. The Bulldogs responded with “probably our best effort to date,” said Lightle, as they beat MC 47-40.

Page 2 of 2 - After being down as many as five in the first, LP battled back to take the lead in the second and never looked back. Helping lead that charge was Samantha Jett who scored 18, and Makay Belt, who added 15.

“This was a big win for us, especially after our performance the other night,” said Lightle.

Tonight the Lady Bulldogs travel to Meadville.

South Harrison 56, Putnam County 53: BETHANY, Mo. – The Lady Midgets held a slim lead going into the final minutes against the host team South Harrison, but turnovers and missed opportunities cost PC.

“We had our chances, we just blew them,” said Putnam head coach Craig DeVore.

PC lost some keys battles as they were outrebounded by the much bigger South team and were out-shot from the free throw line 20 to six.

Dakota Owings led the Lady Midgets again as she just scored 19 and grabbed seven boards. Camile Banez added six points and seven assists.

PC will now play Princeton in the third place game on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.

Brookfield 71, Green City 25: MILAN, Mo. – The Lady Gophers took the floor with the chance to advance to the Milan Tournament championship game but ran into Brookfield and they will have to settle for the third place game.

Brookfield pretty much ran away with this one, leading 24-6 after first and 46-11 after the first 20 minutes.

Emily Sorenson led GC as she scored 11. Green City will play host Milan in the third place game tonight at 8 p.m.

BMC 44, Atlanta 40: ATLANTA, Mo. – Coming off the program’s first win versus La Plata in a decade, the Lady Hornets took on BMC and led after the first, but fell behind the in the second and couldn’t quite get back over the hump.

Ashton Ross led Atlanta with 13, but six other Lady Hornets scored to balance the attack.

The loss drops Atlanta to 6-8 and 3-2 in conference. They will have a chance to improve that record tonight at Higbee,